CMC Markets enhances international offering as investor appetite for international share trading grows

CMC Markets has added four new international markets to its award-winning online trading platform and mobile app, as 17% of investors plan to buy international shares in the next 12 months¹.

Exchanges from New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden and Spain join 22 exchanges across 11 international markets already available on the CMC Markets’ platform, including key international markets such as US, UK, Canada and Hong Kong. The enhanced offering provides clients with unparalleled access to over 30,000 instruments including 9,000 Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) across the globe.

“In recent months, we have seen intensified global market volatility and, in turn, increasing demand from traders and everyday investors looking to access international shares,” said Andy Rogers, Director of Stockbroking at CMC Markets.

“Over the last five years, we’ve witnessed an increase self-directed investors looking to international markets in order to diversify their portfolio and access sectors and companies not available on local exchanges.”

The expansion of CMC Markets’ international offering comes as new data from Investment Trends² shows that one in four people who started trading in the past year said access to international markets was a key feature in their choice of trading platform.

Mr Rogers added: “Accessing a range of broader markets ensures investors can take advantage of trading major global companies; enabling them to diversify their portfolio and protect their portfolios against potential major events in the local Australian market.

“The convenience of being able to access multiple assets and platforms through one account creates a powerful tool and will help our clients maximise their success.”

“The international solution is proving very popular with SMSF Trustees, who like the reassurance and convenience of keeping  international assets alongside their ASX CHESS Sponsored holdings with an established provider in conjunction with one of the world’s largest custodians.

NZX Executive Director for Markets Development & Clearing, Benjamin Phillips, said: “The connection with CMC Markets’ clients will further invigorate retail traders’ participation in the New Zealand market, offering access to high-quality established, growing and emerging companies.”

“Two key features of the New Zealand market are its defensive stocks – including privatised energy companies with cornerstone Government shareholdings – and also the proven resilience of its market, demonstrated through COVID-19 market correction and recovery.

“The S&P/NZX 50 has already recovered more than 34 per cent from the low-point of March 2020 and outperformed the S&P 500 year-to-date.”

Mr Phillips added: “The New Zealand market has recorded a sharp rise in activity over recent months, evident in the daily number of trades, which averaged 48,000 across the first six months of 2020 driven by record retail participation. On-market trading has doubled over the past five years, normalising above 60 per cent – representing a step-change in this primary measure of market integrity and price transparency.”

In line with its expanded international offering, CMC Markets has launched $0 brokerage on international shares traded from the US, UK, Canada and Japan markets.

The platform also offers access to a growing number of global markets from one account, alongside multiple other assets and over 30,000 other products giving clients unique power to trade-on-the-go.

* The information presented in this article is general in nature and should not be considered personal or financial advice. Seek independent advice and consider the relevant Terms and Conditions at cmcmarkets.com.au when deciding whether to invest in CMC Markets products. CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd (ABN 11 100058 213 AFSL No. 238054)